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अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय स्यालस् तव विशां पते ॥
अष्टभिः सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा पुनर् विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥
दुःशासनश् च दशभिर् दुःसहश् च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥
दुर्मुखश् च द्वादशभी राजन् विव्याध सात्यकिम् ॥
दुर्योधनस् त्रिसप्तत्या विद्ध्वा भारत माधवम् ॥
ततो ऽस्य निशितैर् बाणैस् त्रिभिर् विव्याध सारथिम् ॥
athānyad dhanur ādāya syālas tava viśāṃ pate ||
aṣṭabhiḥ sātyakiṃ viddhvā punar vivyādha pañcabhiḥ ||
duḥśāsanaś ca daśabhir duḥsahaś ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
durmukhaś ca dvādaśabhī rājan vivyādha sātyakim ||
duryodhanas trisaptatyā viddhvā bhārata mādhavam ||
tato 'sya niśitair bāṇais tribhir vivyādha sārathim ||
Then, taking up another bow, your brother-in-law [Shakuni], O lord of peoples, pierced Satyaki with eight arrows, then struck him again with five. Duhshasana pierced him with ten, Duhsaha with three, and Durmukha with twelve, O king — all struck at Satyaki. Duryodhana, having pierced Madhava with seventy-three arrows, O Bharata, then struck his charioteer with three sharp arrows.
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The enemies again take aim at the charioteer, seeking to leave the chariot without its driver. Satyaki endures it all without flinching. It is telling that the combined onslaught of so many fails to break one man. The verse teaches that the steadfastness of a single soul, grounded in truth and love, withstands the united fury of the many: where a righteous cause stands behind a man, the storm of arrows from a whole host cannot crush him — it only prepares his glory.